Purifier for acetylene gas.



A. B. COBB. PURIFIBR FOR-AGETYLENE (ms. APPLICATION F ILED HAY, 1912.

1,034,204, Patented July 30, 1912.

vin. l'lBELB/l B. COBB, OF WA'IER BURY, CONNECTICUT.

ronrrrna FOR ACETYLENE one.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July so, 1912..

Application filed May 4, 1912 Serial '.N o. 695,164.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, ALnnnT'B. COBB, acitizen of the United States, residing at Wa to rlo u r y, and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Purifiers forAcetylene Gas; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing and the characters of referencemarked thereon to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawing-constitutes part of this application andrepresents a vertical sectional view of a condenser for acetylene gasconstructed in accordance with my invention.

Thisinvention relates to an improvement in purifiers for acetylene gas.

gas as it comes from the gen- Acetylene erator is liable to contain moreor less particles of calcium c'arbid and a superfluous amount ofmoisture.

The object of this invention is to provide a purifier or condenser whichis'located adjn'cent to. thegenerator and through which gas passes fromthe generator to the burners; 11d theinvention consists. in theconstruction hereinafter described and particularly recited in theclaims.

In carrying out my invention, I employ atank or casing 2 closed at itsupper end by a cap or cover 3 and provided at its lower end with anoutlet valve 4. Into one side of the tank a pipe 5 opens which pipeconducts gas fro the generator. not shown.

Mounted in the top of'the casing is a tunnel shaped container 6 closelyfitting the top of the casing in which it may be held by the cap 3.Mounted in the bottom of the funnel and so as to close the lower end isa pipe carrying at its lower end' a strainer 8, and swiveled on the pipeabove the straineris a. disk 9 or less in number. The upper end of theoipe near the funnel is closed by a 'batllc plate 11, and the pipe 7 isformed with perforations 12 just below the plate. The top or cap 3 isprovided with the usual outlet 13 for connection with the burners. Gas

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tides carrying blades 10 more being admitted from the generator entersthe casing 2 in line the fan blades 10 causing those blades to revolveand so as to throw ofii the superfluous moisture in the gas and anyparticles which it may contain. The substance thrown 05 will settle tothe bottom of the casing. The gas thus 8 into thepipe 7 and escapesthrough the perforations 12 below the bafiie plate 11 by which it isdirected against the'sides of the funnel, and if there are any particlescarried by the gas they will be removed by friction with the bafiieplate. accumulate in the top of the funnel and pass to theburners whendesired.

Withthis device a quantity of gas may always be stored ready forimmediate use.

l. A gas purifier consisting of a casing having an inlet for gas, afunnel mounted in the top of the casing, a'vertically arranged pipeclosing the bottom of the fun nel and openingat the upper end into thefunnel, and a series of blades swiyeled on the pipe below the funnel,and an outlet from the top of the casing.

A gas purifier comprising a casingprowith a top, inlet andoutletopenings for gas, a funnel located within the casing, a pipeentering the lower end of the funnel, a disk swiveled on said pipes, andblades carried by said disk and adapted to be revolved around saidfunnel.

Agas purifier comprising a casing provided with inlet and outletopenings for gas, a funnel mounted in the upper end of the casing, apipe carried by said funnel which pipe opens from the bottom of thecasing into'the said funnel. fanbladcs swiveled on said pipe below-saidfunnel, and a batlle plate secured at the upper endof said pipe.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification 1n the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT l3. COBB. Witnesses:

Gno. I-I. BooTII, WILLIAM J. LARKIN, Jr.

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